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Weighing up how calorie counting affects health | Letters

Prof W Stroebe sheds light on weight loss, calorie restriction and staying healthy. Plus letters from Simon Cooper, Laura Marcus, David Chan and Avril LeviWeight control is not the same as calorie counting. Amelia Tait (After years of torture, I broke ...

Calories on menus will do more harm than good | Letter

It should be an opt-in, rather than an opt-out system, so that it’s not damaging to the millions of people with mental health problems, says one readerSince when did restaurants become a maths lecture, and why are people so eager to turn their bodies i...

BMI test unsuited to males with anorexia | Letter

Denying people with eating disorders help until their body mass index is low enough is particularly dangerous for male patients, writes one parentThe chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists is concerned that people with eating disorders in England ...

BMI test unsuited to males with anorexia | Letter

Denying people with eating disorders help until their body mass index is low enough is particularly dangerous for male patients, writes one parentThe chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists is concerned that people with eating disorders in England ...